KidPub Writing Contests

KidPub runs many writing contests each year. We try to mix it up a bit...some contests are for poetry, others for essays and stories, some are a combination. Each month the staff chooses one overall winner, who receives a $50 Amazon Gift Card, and two runners-up, one from an author aged 12 or older, and one from an author under 12, who each receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card.Contests are open to all KidPub members. If you'd like to join KidPub and enter our contests (as well as have a lot of fun posting your own stories and comments), just visit our membership page to get started.

March 2014: For our March challenge, read this scenario and write a short story with it as your starting point.

Gold! Have you read the stories about the buckets of gold coins found recently in California? There were about 1,400 coins, buried a hundred years ago, and now worth millions of dollars. Here's a news story about the treasure. For your challenge, write a story explaining how the coins got there...who buried them, and why?

KidPub Authors Club members can post their own stories, comment on stories they've read, play on KidMud, enter our contests, and more! As a bonus, you get to pick a free book from the KidPub Press bookstore. Want to join in on the fun? Joining is easy!